Alex who iz the lead singer in Absentees from the Morgue was born in Colorado Springs,Colorado. During his life Alex has faced challenges. "When i wuz like 4 or 5 years old my mom left..." While Alex's dad was in the Army he stayed with countless numbers of babysitters. "There was two babysitters i remember really well cuz they beat me. One was a woman and her husband use to beat the shit out of me for no reason. One time he wuz hittin me so hard i started to bleed. My other babysitter that beat me wuz a teenager about 17 or 18 and i would come home when my dad got out of the field and i would be black and blue all over." Now 16 he has moved to New York. One challege he had to face there wuz skin cancer. "That wuz a really big fear cuz i really didnt want to have cancer. I didnt tell any of my friends only about 4 of my family members knew about it.I wuz really realived when i got the biopcy back sayin i didnt." Alex's biggest influence is Marilyn Manson. "MM iz a big influence for me cuz he haz never gave a shit about whut anyone says and she speaks his mind."